Friday, October 21, 2011

Five Minute Friday: Beyond

Go!

Beyond.
I like spending time there, when I'm intentional about seeing it. I could easily get stuck in the right here. Right here appears ugly. It appears impossible. It appears unlovable. It appears unwanted. Right here is almost too hard. Right hear is sometimes disappointing and always exhausting. But right here is an illusion to what is Beyond. Beyond the right here, is love that the world can't understand. Beyond the calls from 561-8165, beyond the tantrums and the tears, Beyond the chaos is a hope and a future. Beyond what looks like the impossible is the belief that God is working all things for His glory. That He is going to heal the hurts and one day, Beyond the right now we'll laugh about struggles in the right here. Sometimes, we already do. Sometimes I see the life and the light in the smiles and the eyes of my family. I hear the joy. I get a glimpse of Beyond. But sometimes, I get stuck in the right here, in the gunk of the realities of our choices. But, Beyond - Beyond what y'all can see when you look in, is a beautiful tapestry of God weaving pasts and futures, hurt and healing, brown and white, young and old. And Beyond the right here is forever. Forever with my Savior, who already bore all this for me. I think I'll look Beyond today.

Stop!

I'm linking up to Lisa Jo- at thegypsymama.com - it's where those of us who love to write, take five minutes and just go with the topic. No editing. No rules. Just 5 minutes of freedom. Click on over for more 5
minute breaks!

I came here from Gypsy Mama, and could so relate to your "beyonds" . . . esp., That He is going to heal the hurts and one day,

Ohhh what hope!

And I was blessed reading your profile. What a story of your boys! I am a mom of a dozen children, and never imagined my life as it is, and know what a blessing, but as an adopted adult child too - I know how important it is for Christian families to adopted children and love them unconditionally. May you be blessed as you put so much into those three precious boys!

My family

5 +

I'm Robin- I'm a simple girl from Tennessee who loves Jesus. I'm blessed to be a wife, mom, grandmother and a Marketing professional --- juggling it all and writing about it here.

I married the love of my life in 1986. Rex is my rock and my friend and I can't imagine doing this life without him.

1+1=2

We dreamed of a big family (wanted 12) but God had a different plan. Struggling with infertility, we became foster parents in hopes of adopting. It was our plan, not God's and we said never again. After 8 years of infertility Shayne was conceived. And God showed us that He gives us good gifts, more than we asked for and better than we could ever have imagined.

2+1=3

We still had a void in our hearts. So in obedience, doing it God's way this time we opened our hearts and home to foster parenting. We have had a few children come and go- none without leaving an imprint on our lives forever. Nothing could have prepared us for meeting our youngest sons in the ER parking lot on 10/23/06, with no idea how our lives would forever be changed. With their adoptions finally legal on November 21, 2009 we became five.

3+2=5

And that was the beginning- Emily and Kendall came into our lives and family in 2014 , and we grew by one when sweet Penelope was born in 2015 and our first grandson, Silas joined our family in January 2017.

5+4=9

Sometimes we let our crazy hang out. Always, we love loud. Different than what I imagined as a little girl but trusting God that it isn't supposed to be any other way.